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Do any of you wish you went dental instead? Just curious.
Locaboca said:Do any of you wish you went dental instead? Just curious.
KyGrlDr2B said:Have you ever seen the types of sores and nasty stuff that goes on in someone's mouth??? EWW. For some reason, I can handle a chancre on a penis, but looking at that other stuff just grosses me out.
rxfudd said:Sometimes - better hours, lower liability, decent salary. Sounds pretty good to me. Still, I need to be dealing with systems, not just teeth and gums, which is why medicine wins out every time I think about it.
ItsGavinC said:So, you're going to specialize in systems?
Not trolling, just trying to make it clear that dentistry DOES deal with systems, but of course not nearly to the extent that medicine does.
Still, I have to know what oral consequences there are of my patients being on anticonvulstants (such as Phenytoin, Dilantin, etc.), immunosuppressants (such as Cyclosporine), or calcium channel blockers.
Of course, the pertinent knowledge of the field runs the from bleeding/clotting disorders, immunologic diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes, endocrine disorders, neuromuscular diseases, gastro diseases, respiratory diseases, renal diseases, etc., etc.
Like I said, not nearly the extent that you guys run into it (we would *rarely* diagnosis any of the above), but we still deal with it (moreso from the basis of knowing the eitiology of a disease, and the medications that are commonly prescribed for it).